Single people are just that, alone and that’s what they want. They are single probably because they have been burned so bad that they are tired of pursuing a relationship with anyone. Truly single people also distance themselves from even there closest friends.

If you’re “talking to someone,” then you are getting to know more about them. Each of you are starting to let your guard down and open up about life and your experiences. You are not committed but you are interested.

Hooking up? Each of you have a desire, usually physical, that you fill when you are together which works for the both of you. No commitment, no red tape, no strings. It’s simple and a lot easier than having to maintain a real relationship, you just hook up when it’s needed or convenient.

Committed? You have a solid commitment to one another. You work daily on your relationship. You listen as much if not more than you talk. You can tell what they are thinking just by the way they look at you. You pursue your significant other every day by being engaged in their lives and them in yours.

No matter what your relationship status is currently, this is where we all strive to be. That is how God made us. He made us to love and be loved. That is just our nature. Let me pose another question to you… Where is your relationship with God? I am not asking do you attend church Sunday morning, Wednesday night, bible study, gender ministries… all that. I am asking where is your relationship with God? Are you not interested? That would be single, which is fine, I am just asking. Are you just talking to him? That’s cool too! It really is a great place to start. Are you just hooking up with God? I found myself here for quite a while. God and I just hooked up on Sundays. I got what I needed and left. No strings, it was easy; We hooked up. Or are you committed? Do you know that 87% of Americans say they believe in God and call themselves “Christians”?

If you’re committed, how committed are you? I have been married almost a year and a half now. I pursued my wife. I learned everything about her. I listened. I talked. I shared. What if I didn’t. What if I didn’t learn anything about her, never listened to her, talked to her about my problems and didn’t ever tell her about the great things that happened in my life?

I think that we have all, at some point-knowingly or unknowingly, quit working in our relationships, especially with God. Here is the sweet end of the deal, it doesn’t take a huge argument or a big falling out to get caught up with God. We can start today. We can renew our vows to God and pursue him like we have never pursued him before. That is exactly what God wants.

I want to challenge you, at whatever level that your relationship with God, to take it to the next level. Maybe you are single, not interested or maybe you are just talking to him or hooking up. Maybe you are committed, if so how committed? Commitment is defined as the act of engaging or involving oneself. How involved are you in the Life of God? In the Life of Christ? How much do you know about the one that you say that you follow? I want to challenge you to become more engaged, more involved, more committed to learning about Jesus.